The Daily Rundown - March 17, 2026
💌 If it continues business as usual, the U.S. Postal Service is on track to run out of cash for paying its workers and vendors in about a year and may have to stop deliveries, Postmaster General David Steiner told lawmakers this week.
The warning is the latest development in longstanding money troubles at USPS — a unique federal government agency that relies on stamps and service fees, not tax dollars, to deliver mail and packages six days a week to every address in the country.
“I am not sure that the American public is aware that the Postal Service is at a critical juncture. I know that I wasn’t aware of the extent of it before I took on this role, but at our current run rate and if we continue to pay our required obligations in the same manner as we have in recent years, then we will be out of cash in less than 12 months,” Steiner, who joined USPS last July, said in a written statement released ahead of a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday. Read the full story by NPR’s Hansi Lo Wang here.
💊 The City of Henderson is expected to approve Tuesday at 4 p.m. the use of opioid settlement funds for a fentanyl awareness campaign. According to staff reports, the city will use about $60,000 to educate middle and high school students about the dangers of the drug. The campaign will partner with schools, the Southern Nevada Boys & Girls Clubs, youth groups, sports clubs and others.
🌡️ The Las Vegas Valley could see record high temperatures this week, with readings in the upper 90s. The first record could fall Wednesday, for which the National Weather Service forecasts a high of 96. That would be the warmest March day ever, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports, but possibly not for long.
Highs Thursday through Saturday are forecast in the upper 90s and could reach 100, or about 30 degrees above normal. Record heat will cover much of Southern and Central California and stretch into Texas. Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Albuquerque are all cities that could see daily records at least once in the next few days, The Weather Channel reports.
🛴 Answering community and safety concerns over so-called “micro-mobility devices” in its jurisdiction, the City of Henderson implemented new laws regarding electronic bikes, scooters and motorcycles on March 3. They address underage operation, new classifications for the vehicles and which ones are no longer permitted.
Tory Jackson, sustainability and climate manager for the City of Henderson, described some of her observations of e-bike and e-scooter use as “dangerous and reckless behavior.” Jackson’s division received a grant through the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety’s Vulnerable Road User Program and developed its own Ride Smart Stay Safe campaign.
“This campaign is really focused on those juveniles … across Henderson, and providing them and their families, as well as the community at large, with education and tools on how to ride these devices safely,” Jackson said. “[This includes] helmet use, understanding the difference between the legal and illegal devices, as well as just how to safely share the roads, trails and parks responsibly.”
Violations of the new laws can result in fines and vehicle impoundment — and, in some cases, both a juvenile operator and their parent or guardian can be fined. Henderson police are particularly concerned about juveniles operating the faster electric motorcycles. Read the full story by KNPR’s Heidi Kyser and Charlize Smith here.
🏀 The NBA is getting closer to adding teams in Las Vegas and Seattle. The Board of Governors will vote on exploring the possibility at its meeting next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 24 and 25, according to ESPN. If governors vote in favor of the two cities, the next step would be to determine and initiate the purchase process.
The potential final vote could be held later this year. The target for both teams to start play would be the 2028-29 season. A three-fourths majority is needed in both voting rounds, meaning 23 of 30 team governors must approve. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Magic Johnson is interested in being part of the Las Vegas ownership group. The former Lakers star currently has ownership stakes in five other professional sports teams.
🎸 More than 50 years ago, did Las Vegas love The Beatles? Yeah, yeah, yeah. By the summer of 1964, the boys from Liverpool had conquered the record charts and television. Whether they could conquer Las Vegas was harder to say. Younger people were especially crazy about them, but Las Vegas audiences tended to be older.
Stan Irwin decided to take a chance. Irwin was a longtime performer who served as entertainment director at the Sahara Hotel. He said booking agents tried other hotels, which turned down the Fab Four. As he put it, “I’m the only one who seemed to know about the Beatles, so I bought them.” Hear the new episode of Nevada Yesterdays here.
Part of these stories are taken from KNPR's daily newscast segment. To hear more daily updates like these, tune in to 88.9 KNPR FM.
